Goodnight Loving Cemetery Trails cd (Dusty Medical)

Goddamn! The first song on here is as good a song you will hear anywhere this year. Perfect Byrds-esque soaring pop, as good as anything the Reigning Sound has done. No wonder Greg Cartwright produced 'em... there's country, slide, mandolin, washboard, passing freight trains all thrown into a mix that sometimes works better than others, but it's not phoney even when songs don't take off. The whole album is solid, but man, it's worth it for "Dead Fish On The Banks." Chills, man, chills!